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Division of Moreton | Murray |
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Location: Brisbane: Archerfield, Eight Mile Plains, Sunnybank,
Yeronga Division named for: Moreton Bay, named in 1770 by Captain Cook after the Earl of Morton. On its original boundaries the electorate had a Moreton Bay coastline. Median weekly family income: $1,022 (45th highest) Persons born in non English speaking countries: 20.9% (30th highest) Persons in professional occupations: 30.1% (39th highest) Persons aged 65 and over: 10.9% (108th highest) Couple families with dependent children: 39.6% (52nd highest) Dwellings being purchased: 25.6% (71st highest) Sitting member: Graham Perrett (Labor), elected 2007 Born: 5 January 1966, St George, Qld. Career: Educated University of Qld, Qld University of Technology, Brisbane College of Advanced Education. Secondary school teacher, solicitor. Organiser, Qld Independent Education Union. Senior policy adviser, Qld State Government 2005-07. 1996 two-party majority: Liberal 05.1 Effect of 1998 redistribution: 00.9 shift to Liberal 1998 two-party majority: Liberal 00.6 2001 two-party majority: Liberal 02.5 Effect of 2004 redistribution: 01.7 shift to Labor 2004 two-party majority: Liberal 04.2 Effect of 2006 redistribution: 01.4 shift to Labor 2007 notional two-party majority: Liberal 02.8 2007 two-party majority: Labor 04.8 
2004 enrolment: 88,324 2007 enrolment: 88,217 (-00.1%) (new boundaries) Moreton has existed since Federation, although its boundaries have varied greatly over that time. It was orginally based on Ipswich, but since 1949 it has been a southern Brisbane suburban seat. It was initially safe for the Liberal Party, and was held for 28 years by the colourful Jim Killen. In the 1980s, however, Moreton grew more marginal as these areas declined in socio-economic terms, and it finally fell to Labor in 1990. Although Moreton has a relatively high level of median family income, a significant sign of social change is that it has Queensland's highest proportion of people born in non English speaking countries, mainly due to an influx of Chinese immigrants. This suggests that the seat is becoming an inner city multuicultural seat rather than a suburban mortgage belt seat. Garrie Gibson, the first Labor member for Moreton since 1906, was defeated in the Howard landslide of 1996. His successor, Gary Hardgrave, was a junior minister from 2001 to 2007, when he was dropped from the ministry. He was defeated at the 2007 election with a swing of 7.6% by Labor's Graham Perrett. In 2007 Labor polled 69% of the two-party vote at Rocklea, and also topped 65% at Annerley, Fairfield, Moorooka, Moorooka School and Rocklea. The Liberals polled 66% at Chelmer. | |  Two-party vote by booth, 2007
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